Cloud-Based+Services

Betsey Dunkel EDU 360 Critical Thinking Wiki Term

**What is cloud-based services?**
Cloud-based services is a way to maximize capacity for storage without taking up space on your personal __#|computer__. __#|Cloud services__ is another resource for users to back-up their own __#|computers__ to an entirely different __#|server__ so if their computer crashes they will not lose their personal files, information, or data.

**Best Practices for Teachers**

 * Raise funds for your classroom or school through the instagram app. Many companies print products like magnets, stickers, and #|photo books with personal images from instagram. Students can take pictures and post them to instagram and then have the products created and sold to family and friends, instead of wrapping paper, and other useless products.
 * Teachers can use the cloud to create, organize, and share lesson plan ideas. Teachers can also track student progress and target interventions. A great site: Teacher Cloud

**Annotated Web Links**
An __#|application__ that allows users to create and share files and work together on projects from different locations at the same time. Teachers can use google docs to collaborate with fellow colleagues, or anyone in the world. Students can work on projects together from home.
 * Google Docs**

iCloud For Dummies Short Video A short entertaining video (3 minutes) that explains what __#|the cloud__ is and how to use it with your devices. Teachers will find this very helpful because it's an easy explanation and it will not make you feel overwhelmed. It's a great video for students to watch as well.

Word Clouds Word cloud is a fun way for teachers to create a cloud of words that students, or themselves, use the most. If students or teachers are writing an essay or newsletter for example and they want to see what words they use most often they can copy their writing and paste the text into the format and it will make a cloud figure of words. It can be helpful for editing text or just for fun.

**Works Cited:**
LaPonsie, Maryalene. "Picture This: 5 Ways Teachers Can Use Instagram in the Classroom." //EmergingEdTech//. __#|Wordpress__, 6 Mar 2013. Web. 21 Sep 2013. .